Hatton-Castillo

[Left2body]

Ok, this was lightly touched upon in another post but I think it deservers a deeper look into it.

Often when Hatton fans are predicting Hatton vs PBF they bring up, "Castillo gave PBF problems henceforth Hatton will demolish him because Hatton does everything better".

My question is other than the power advantage Hatton has over PBF, since he is the naturally heavier guy what does he do soo much better than Castillo that suggest that Hatton will demolish PBF?

Castillo IMHO does everything just as good if not better than Hatton. Castillo's body attack is in par with Hattons and P4P he has just as much power, although because he fought Floyd at Floyd's more natural weight he didnt get to enjoy the power advantage that Hatton will.

I think Castillo is more technical and polished with a better defensive skills and possibly a better beard. He cuts off the ring equally well and can both box fairly well.

So once again my question to all the Hatton fans is why do you believe that because Castillo had some success against PBF that Hatton will demolish him? What does Hatton do that is soo much better?

*Once again I'm not calling the fight one way or another in PBF vs Hatton

[JuicyJuice]

Hatton is basically just a class above in the talent department, it's as simple as that really. And Ricky has said that if he fights Castillo he'll out-box him, and that fight hopefully will happen at 140 at MSG in November so Ricky can back up his claims.

[TheHoff'sGhost]

hatton is bigger stronger faster throws beter combinations goes to the body better is a better inside fighter is more relentless than castillo

[DiegoFuego]

Hatton is a much better fighter than Castillo. Castillo can only fight one way. He fought the same against Corrales, Casamayor, and Mayweather. Hatton can take a punch and he can pound the body, and he would break Castillo down better than Corrales did in the first fight.

[Smashing]

well said ..all the three posters above..

[baya]

yeah, say rickys faster and stronger and a cut above - based on WHAT??

we've seen castillo blossom to things that NO ONE ever dreamed of, he gave PBF the fight of his life in the first fight, has beaten stud after stud after stud and has shown to have almost every facet of the game down.

my money goes to castillo - c'mon - i've seen him fight the best of the best back to back to back and display boxing, ****ing and defensive prowess and a hell of a beard.

hatton is the goods, but there are fighters out there, like castillo and mayweather that he should stay away from. castillo could ruin him - and i'm pretty sure that the castillo fight after the corrales fight, cotto will land.

[TheHoff'sGhost]

yeah, say rickys faster and stronger and a cut above - based on WHAT??

we've seen castillo blossom to things that NO ONE ever dreamed of, he gave PBF the fight of his life in the first fight, has beaten stud after stud after stud and has shown to have almost every facet of the game down.

my money goes to castillo - c'mon - i've seen him fight the best of the best back to back to back and display boxing, ****ing and defensive prowess and a hell of a beard.

hatton is the goods, but there are fighters out there, like castillo and mayweather that he should stay away from. castillo could ruin him - and i'm pretty sure that the castillo fight after the corrales fight, cotto will land.

castillo is world class but look at clips of hatton throwing combinations then look at castillo hatton is faster it aint even up for debate as for power hatton at 147 i think could be at his perfect weight castillo is a natural 135'r maybe in p4p terms
castillo has more **** but if they ever met i assure you hatton would be the stronger man

[The_One77]

Hatton is easily faster on film and has the higher workrate for sure, this is also considering that Hatton is naturally the bigger man

[baya]

castillo is world class but look at clips of hatton throwing combinations then look at castillo hatton is faster it aint even up for debate as for power hatton at 147 i think could be at his perfect weight castillo is a natural 135'r maybe in p4p terms
castillo has more **** but if they ever met i assure you hatton would be the stronger man

we're looking at two different things then, i have most of ricks fights - and i gotta tell ya - that it IS up for debate, castillo's hands are faster, as evidenced by his short shots, as opposed to rickys winging ones.

and on the strength side of things, i can admit see that at 147 ricky would def take that battle, but @ 140, i think that castillo's power would be 2nd only to cotto's power.

i enjoy watching ricky, a lot of excitement, but hes never been in the trenches w/ a crazy ass mexican like he'd find in castillo.

at 140, i gotta give this one to castillo at 147, that may suit hatton better.

[adrsan84]

The level of competition that hatton faced is nothing compared to Castillo's. So of course hatton has had some very impressive showings but compared to Castillo's but look at the level of competition. I think that at 140 this would be a great fight but i actually think Castillo can beat anybody at 140 right now unless mayweather moves back down. I'm not taking away from hatton,i am very impressed by his skills but at this point i don't see him beating Mayweather, Castillo, or Margarito, but i can see him outworking most other guys.